The Super Taikyu Organisation (STO) have published the entry list for this weekend’s Motegi Super Taikyu 5 Hours Race, taking place this Sunday at Mobility Resort Motegi. 52 cars across eight classes will take part.
Up front, there are seven GT3 cars in the ST-X class. One notable absence is that of tenured Super Taikyu squad MP (Magic Project) Racing, who have suspended their Nissan GT-R GT3 programme for the remainder of 2022.
MP Racing manager Hirokazu Yokoyama cited a recent rise in COVID-19 cases, as well as gentleman driver Joe Shindo’s health, as reasons for parking their programme. But they are considering future participation plans for 2023 and beyond.
After their recent win at the five hour race at Autopolis, HELM Motorsports (Yutaka Toriba/Yuya Hiraki/Reiji Hiraki) have a 14.5 point lead over Grid Motorsport. This weekend, Grid Motorsport welcomes Shaun Thong to the team. Thong won the ST-X title in 2020 alongside Shinichi Takagi and Daisuke Yamawaki, driving a similar Mercedes-AMG GT3.
D’station Racing (Satoshi Hoshino/Tomonobu Fujii/Tsubasa Kondo) will make their second appearance of the season in the top class, two weeks after Hoshino and Fujii’s unexpected GT World Challenge Asia victory in Sugo, and a week before they’re set to race in the WEC 6 Hours of Fuji.
In the ST-Z class there are eight GT4 cars entered. Team 5Zigen (Ryuichiro Otsuka/Kakunoshin Ohta/Toshihiro Kaneishi) have a commanding 28 point lead over second-ranked SHADE Racing (Hiro Hayashi/Katsuyuki Hiranaka/Eijiro Shimizu).
In the lower categories, Team G/Motion’ will field a brand new Toyota GR86 in the ST-4 class. The previous round at Autopolis was the final race for their long-serving Honda Integra Type R, which was one of the oldest cars in the series. Takao Seto and Resshu Shioya will face off against three other second-generation GR86es, and a first-generation Toyota 86 from HMR Racing.
Mazda Spirit Racing are also introducing their ST-5 class Mazda Roadster entry, which has been in the works since the pre-season. Haruhiko Sugino, Noriyuki Higuchi, Tomoko Fujishima, and a fourth driver to be announced before the weekend will share driving duties. (This fourth driver has since been confirmed as current GT300 driver, Ryohei Sakaguchi.)
| No. | Class | Team | Drivers | Car | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | ST-X (GT3) | Porsche Center Okazaki | Hiroaki Nagai Yuta Kamimura Daisuke Ito | Porsche 911 GT3-R | |
| 23 | ST-X (GT3) | TKRI | DAISUKE (Matsunaga) Yuya Motojima Yuhki Nakayama | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | |
| 31 | ST-X (GT3) | apr | Hideki Nagai Koki Saga Kazuto Kotaka | Lexus RC F GT3 | |
| 62 | ST-X (GT3) | HELM Motor Sports | Yutaka Toriba Yuya Hiraki Reiji Hiraki | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | |
| 81 | ST-X (GT3) | GTNET Motor Sports | Noboyuki Oyagi Kiyoto Fujinami Takayuki Aoki Natsu Sakaguchi | Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 | |
| 777 | ST-X (GT3) | D'station Racing | Satoshi Hoshino Tomonobu Fujii Tsubasa Kondo | Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3 | |
| 888 | ST-X (GT3) | Grid Motorsport | Martin Berry 🇦🇺 Shaun Thong 🇭🇰 Shinichi Takagi Daisuke Yamawaki | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | |
| 19 | ST-Z (GT4) | Birth Racing Project (BRP) | Kenji Suzuki TAKESHI (Suehiro) Kohei Fukuda Tatsuya Tanigawa | Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport MR | |
| 21 | ST-Z (GT4) | Audi Team Hitotsuyama | Masaki Ano Ritomo Miyata Seiya Jin Yuki Ano | Audi R8 LMS GT4 | |
| 22 | ST-Z (GT4) | Porsche Team EBI Waimarama | KIZUNA Katsumasa Chiyo Naoya Yamano Riki Okusa | Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport | |
| 34 | ST-Z (GT4) | Techno First | Masaki Kano Kazuki Oki Hironobu Yasuda | Ginetta G55 GT4 | |
| 111 | ST-Z (GT4) | Hiroshima Toyopet Racing | Toshiyuki Matsuda Yuga Furutani Yoshiaki Nakamura Yasutaka Hinoi | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | |
| 310 | ST-Z (GT4) | Corolla Shin-Ibaraki CSIRacing | Manabu Yamazaki Sho Tsuboi Seita Nonaka Shinya Hosokawa | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | |
| 500 | ST-Z (GT4) | Team 5Zigen | Ryuichiro Otsuka Kakunoshin Ohta Toshihiro Kaneishi TBN | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | |
| 885 | ST-Z (GT4) | SHADE Racing | Hiro Hayashi Katsuyuki Hiranaka Eijiro Shimizu | Toyota GR Supra GT4 | |
| 75 | ST-TCR | Team Noah | Yuji Kiyotaki Yoshikazu Sobu "J" Antonio Kuniyuki Haga | Honda Civic Type R TCR | |
| 97 | ST-TCR | M&K Honda Cars Okegawa Racing | Mitsuhiro Endo Shinji Nakano Kazuma Nishimura | Honda Civic Type R TCR | |
| 3 | ST-Q | Endless Sports | Ryo Ogawa Togo Suganami Shintaro Kawabata Riki Tanioka | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | |
| 28 | ST-Q | ORC ROOKIE Racing | Naoya Gamou Daisuke Toyoda Kazuya Oshima [b.1987] | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) CNF Concept | |
| 32 | ST-Q | ORC ROOKIE Racing | Masahiro Sasaki MORIZO (Akio Toyoda) Hiroaki Ishiura Yasuhiro Ogura | Toyota Corolla Sport H2 Concept | |
| 55 | ST-Q | Mazda Spirit Racing | Kazuhiro Terakawa Kaoru Ijiri Yutaka Seki Ikuo Maeda | Mazda Mazda2 Bio Concept | |
| 61 | ST-Q | Team SDA Engineering | Takuto Iguchi Hideki Yamauchi Koichi Hirota | Subaru BRZ (ZD8) CNF Concept | |
| 244 | ST-Q | Max Racing | Toru Tanaka Teppei Natori Tetsuya Tanaka | Nissan Z Racing Concept | |
| 2 | ST-1 | K's Frontier KTM Cars | Taiyo Ida Kazuho Takahashi Hiroki Katoh Hiroki Yoshimoto | KTM X-Bow GTX | |
| 38 | ST-1 | Tracy Sports | Yuui Tsutsumi Yuichi Nakayama Kota Matsui | Toyota GR Supra | |
| 47 | ST-1 | D'station Racing | Kenji Hama Manabu Orido Jake Parsons 🇦🇺 | Aston Martin Vantage GT8R | |
| 6 | ST-2 | Shinryo Racing Team | Tomohiro Tomimasu Yasushi Kikuchi Masazumi Ohashi | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | |
| 7 | ST-2 | Shinryo Racing Team | Yoshiki Fujii Mamoru Okada Keisuke Anzai Masato Narisawa | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X | |
| 13 | ST-2 | Endless Sports | Reimei Ito Mizuki Ishizaka Masaya Hanazato Hitoshi Okada | Toyota GR Yaris | |
| 56 | ST-2 | Claris Racing | Kizuku Hirota Tatsuya Ota Riku Hashimoto | Toyota GR Yaris | |
| 59 | ST-2 | TOWA INTEC Racing | Manabu Osawa Hitoshi Gotoh Hideto Yasuoka | Subaru WRX STI | |
| 225 | ST-2 | Kobe Toyopet Motor Sports | Hibiki Taira Rin Arakawa Jiei Okuzumi | Toyota GR Yaris | |
| 743 | ST-2 | Honda R&D Challenge | Hiroaki Ishigaki Junichi Kidachi Hideki Kakinuma Kengo Yamamoto | Honda Civic Type R (FK8) | |
| 18 | ST-4 | Asano Racing Service | Takeo Asano Daiki Fujiwara Toshiki Ishimori Takeshi Ito | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | |
| 60 | ST-4 | Team G/Motion' | Takao Seto Resshu Shioya Piston Nishizawa | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | |
| 86 | ST-4 | TOM'S Spirit | Ryuta Ukai Takamitsu Matsui Kenta Yamashita | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | |
| 216 | ST-4 | HMR Racing | ISHIKEN (Kenji Ishikawa) Yuki Kawahara Yuga Katsumata | Toyota 86 (ZN6) | |
| 884 | ST-4 | SHADE Racing | Keishi Ishikawa Yuji Kunimoto Shinnosuke Yamada | Toyota GR86 (ZN8) | |
| 4 | ST-5 | Team Bride | Yuya Ohta Hiroshi Ito Hiroki Kokuzawa Rina Ito ♀ | Honda Fit RS | |
| 11 | ST-5 | Ambitious Racing | Masaki Baba Katsuhiro Sato Teppei Tsuruta Hajime Omono | Honda Fit RS | |
| 12 | ST-5 | Mazda Spirit Racing | Haruhiko Sugino Noriyuki Higuchi Ryohei Sakaguchi Tomoko Fujishima ♀ | Mazda Roadster (ND) | |
| 17 | ST-5 | Team NOPRO | Kazunari Yoshioka Tobio Ohtani Yuya Tezuka Toshihiko Nogami | Mazda Demio | |
| 37 | ST-5 | Team NOPRO | Tatsuya Nogami Yoshihiro Kato Shunsuke Ozaki Hiroaki Yamamoto | Mazda Demio | |
| 50 | ST-5 | Love Drive Racing | Junko Fujii ♀ Hiroyuki Matsumura Isao Ihashi | Mazda Roadster (ND) | |
| 65 | ST-5 | Over Drive | Shuichiro Hokazono Ryoto Kikuchi Eiji Niwa Yoshihiro Murooka | Mazda Roadster (ND) | |
| 66 | ST-5 | Over Drive | Takayuki Takechi Kousei Kanto Kyosuke Inomata Daichi Okamoto | Mazda Roadster (ND) | |
| 67 | ST-5 | Team Yamato | Ryohei Yasui Shinya Uchiyama Ryo Mukumoto Hideaki Ito | Honda Fit RS | |
| 72 | ST-5 | Nihon Automobile College (NATS) | Tetsuya Yamano Makoto Kanai Toshiya Nojima | Mazda Roadster (ND) | |
| 88 | ST-5 | Murakami Motors | Hiroyuki Murakami Masanobu Kato Keiji Amemiya | Mazda Roadster (ND) | |
| 104 | ST-5 | Hiroshima Mazda HM Racers | Soichiro Yoshida Kota Sasaki Tomomitsu Seno Ryunosuke Yoshida | Mazda Mazda2 | |
| 222 | ST-5 | Honda Cars Tokai | Toshiki Takeuchi Masanori Tanaka Hajime Saimen Masayuki Sumi | Honda Fit RS |
Entry list current as of 3 September 2022
Feature image © STO